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Thursday, May 12, 2016

Fifty Litters! 200+ Kittens! (Part One)

In April of 2007, we took in our very first batch of itty-bitty kitties. Here we are, nine years later, fostering litter number FIFTY, and kittens number 200, 201, 202, and 203!!

I considered many ways to celebrate these milestones, and thought the best way to do this would be to take a look back at each kitten we've had the pleasure of hosting. I dug deep into the archives, and today I am presenting to you every single IBK from every single litter.

It was a sweet journey finding these photos. After all these years and all these litters, things are starting to get a bit blurry for me. It was good to visit them again and pause for a moment on each kitten and try to remember who they were and what made them special. It sure stirred up lots of great memories, and, of course, a few sad ones, too. We've been pretty fortunate over the years and we've had more good than bad, and when we've had some bad, it seems there was always a silver lining, a lesson to learn, or a new path to follow.

I hope you enjoy this trip back. This was your journey, too. You've been right here all along. rooting for our kittens, watching their stories unfold and waiting for their families to find their way to us. You cheer when they arrive, they cry when they leave -- just like they are yours.

Thank you for investing yourselves in this blog and the lives of our kittens, Knowing you're out there, supporting us in so many ways, is what keeps me going. We would never have made it this far without all of you, and for this I am so deeply grateful.

Thank you so much, dear ones.

Now let's celebrate all of these 203 kittens -- one by one, starting with the original IBKC and in chronological order !

HERE WE GO!

1. Penny

2. Pierre

3. Cassius

4. Vinnie

5. Rex Von Trout

6. Reva Von Trout

7. Wendel Jefferson Hopps

8. Mitzy Jean Hopps

9. Maddie Bouvier

10. Cornelius Bouvier

11. Lottie Bouvier

12. Willamena Bouvier

13. Porter Washington Mayfield

14. Bernadette Mayfield

15. Clementine Mayfield

16. Auggie Mayfield

17. Leroy Mayfield

18. Fergus Mayfield

19. Twyla Pickett

20. Ruth Anne Pickett

21. Lovell Pickett

22. Jerry Lee Pickett

23. Nadine Pickett

24. Beulah Mae Pickett

25. Alvie Pettibone

26. Agnes Pettibone

27. Virgil Pettibone

28. Renatta Pettibone

29. Rosalie Pettibone

30. Carmine Pettibone

31. Orson Angelo Davenport

32 Cecily Davenport

33. Chester Burton Davenport

34. Inez Davenport

35. Edward Loomis Davenport

36. Lyle Livermore

37. Trudy Livermore

38. Davy Livermore

39. Albert Livermore

40. Miranda LaBath

41. Georgette LaBath

42. Hester Sue LaBath

43. Enid LaBath

44. Norman Ashby

45. Josephine "Bunny" Ashby

46. Milton Ashby

47. Clovis Ashby

48. Rupert Ashby

49. Nelson Lovejoy

50. Tressa Lovejoy

51. Neville Lovejoy

52. Harlan Lovejoy

53. Francine Darling

54. Selma Darling

55. Hurbert "Hubie" Darling

56. Lucinda Darling

57. Rhoda Darling

58.Gaetano James Fortunato

59. Luigi Fortunato

60. Dominick Fortunato

61. Warren Fortunato

62. Philippa Allegra "Pippy" Fortunato

63. Olly Musselman

64. Darla Musselman

65. Arthur Musselman

66. Benny Musselman

67. Gordon Draper

68. Perry Draper

69. Luella Draper

70. Millicent "Millie" Draper

71. Walter Finch

72. Ira Finch

73. Vivienne Spooner

74. Theodore Spooner

75. Pia Lyttelton

76. Gia Lyttelton

77. Ezra Lyttelton

78. Thelma Lyttelton

79. Ridley Lyttelton

80. Fern Lyttelton

81. Ferris Anderson-Erickson

82. Emory Anderson-Erickson

83. Clement Anderson-Erickson

84. Bernice Anderson-Erickson

85. Ambrose Anderson-Erickson

86. Louise Anderson-Erickson

87. Camille Suprenant

88. Betty June Suprenant

89. Ve Ching Suprenant

90. Biscuit Suprenant

91. Marie-Noire Suprenant

92. Curtis Furman

93. Teddy Furman

94. Edith Furman

95. Roland Furman

96. Oliver "All-Over" Nicholas Furman

97. Fiona Lively

98. Truman Lively

99. Irving Lively

100. Lambert O. Lively

Because we would break the Internet if I put all 203 cuties in one post, I had to break it up into two, to see 101 - 203, please click HERE!

They're all so very, very lovely! But oh that compact little Inez Davenport... And Lyle Livermore, with those big eyes! Haha. I also remember the purritos well. (I believe there was a shot of one of them in a robe pocket?) They're the ones that first brought me here! I'm sure they were a lot of work, between the bottlefeeding and being so tiny. But I bet you got new visitors in hordes after that post on cuteoverload!

I've only been following for a couple years, so it's a treat to see the earlier kittens. Even with two separate posts, I think you broke the Internet: our work connection went down today :) but it was worth it!

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